Transported soil is blown away from its parent rock, residual soil remains above its parent rock.
The similarity is that in every weather there is a season.
The focus is the place inside Earth's crust where an earthquake originates. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus is the epicenter. When energy is released at the focus, seismic waves travel outward from that point in all directions.
Strong winds, I think! :)
Mecca receives 4.3 inches of rainfall a year, mostly in the winter months.